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The barbecue sauce also suits the meaty theme, and suits the meal much better than ketchup or mayo could ever have done.

Is it value for money? You bet. Although smaller than expected, at £4.79 (or from £5.79 with fries and a drink), it’s the same price as KFC’s Fillet and Zinger burgers, but contains double the meat.

The omission of the bread also means that you won’t feel as bloated afterwards.

The burger is on sale in the UK for six weeks (Image: Erin Black)

It is easy to get over excited about these things. It’s not the arrival of the second coming, nor does it beat your Whoppers from Burger King, the Roundabout’s Challenge burger nor the Expendable Burger from Woolwell Fish Bar.

But as the KFC slogan goes, the Double Down burger is “finger licking good”, although you will have to look past the excess grease that will stain your hands.

Sometimes less is more, and in this instance, less bread equals more flavour.

It’s probably the reason why this is the chain’s most successful burger since launching in the USA in 2010.

With the burger being a limited edition, you only have six weeks to get your hands on it, although I suspect that it will become a permanent fixture on KFC menus in the UK very soon.